Liam Paschall is an openly transgender man who lives his life authentically. As a thought leader in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Acceptance (DEIBA), Liam dedicates his work to providing education and support to organizations, schools, and individuals regarding transgender issues. He is a Board Member for Trans Can Work, a non-profit organization committed to promoting workplace inclusion through innovative training strategies and workforce development. Liam's passion lies in supporting and empowering the transgender community. He strives to create a more inclusive world, one heart and mind at a time.
Liam's expertise and motivation have led him to be a guest on various podcasts and featured in global publications. He has also participated as a panelist in several myGwork events and has recently been selected to speak at the Drug Information Association's 2022 Global Annual Meeting. His talk will focus on making healthcare and clinical trials more inclusive for the transgender community. This prestigious event brings together industry professionals, regulators, academics, and patients to address challenges in the life sciences community collaboratively.
If you want to educate your team or gain expert advice on fostering inclusivity within your organization. In that case, Liam's lived experience and knowledge make him an excellent resource from which to learn.
Understand the practical as well as scientific and medical barriers to healthcare and clinical trials that trans people face, and actions that can be taken to knock down these barriers and create more inclusive, safe spaces of belonging for trans patients. Includes terminology, pronouns and chosen name usage, creating gender-inclusive environments, and the importance of medical and site staff training.
A person’s sex assigned at birth, gender identity, and gender expression can all be different. And who someone is attracted to —their sexual orientation—is not related to sex assigned at birth, gender identity or gender expression. And neither of these are choices or fads.
This intimate session includes Liam's legal, social, and medical (including complications I had after his gender-affirming top surgery) transition. In this session, Liam helps his audience understand that transitioning is not a choice – and that it is unique to every trans and non-binary person. This can be quite an emotional session for Liam as a speaker, and for the audience members.
In this session Liam allows the audience to ask him anything (as long as it’s not disrespectful) about what it’s like to be transgender, and anything related to the trans community.
